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Malawi-Lilongwe: EIB - Supply and delivery of pipes, pipe fittings and miscellaneous equipment - Lilongwe Water Board has been closed on 29 Feb 2016. It no longer accepts any bids. For further information, you can contact the Lilongwe Water Board

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Location: Malawi

General information

Donor:

Lilongwe Water Board

Industry:

Machinery & Equipment

Status:

Closed

Timeline

Published:

14 Jan 2016

Deadline:

29 Feb 2016

Value:

Not available

Contacts

Phone:

(265) 1 750 366, Facsimile: (265) 1 757 343, E-mail: [email protected]

Email: [email protected]
[email protected]

Description

SUPPLY CONTRACT NOTICE

Supply and Delivery of Repair Materials: PVC and HDPE Pipes and Fittings; and other Equipment to Lilongwe Water Board

Procurement No: LWB/EIB/G/04

Location – Lilongwe, Malawi, Africa

1.Publication reference

LWB/EIB/G/04
2015/S 186-336463 of 25^th September 2015

2.Procedure

Open

3.Programme title

Lilongwe Water Resources Efficiency Programme

4.Financing

LWB/EIB/G/04

5.Contracting authority

Lilongwe Water Board, Lilongwe, Malawi

CONTRACT SPECIFICATIONS

6.Description of the contract

The Lilongwe Water Board has received a loan through the Government of Malawi from the European Investment Bank towards the funding of the Lilongwe Water Resources Efficiency Programme and intends to apply part of the proceeds for the Procurement of Repair Materials: PVC and HDPE Pipes and Fittings and other Equipment. The procurement shall be in the following: PVC Pipes and Fittings; HDPE Pipes and Fittings; Water Meter Test Bench; and Flow and Pressure Measurement Loggers.

7.Number and titles of lots

• Lot 1: PVC Pipes and Fittings
• Lot 2: HDPE Pipes and Fittings
• Lot 3: Water Meter Test Bench
• Lot 4: Flow and Pressure Measurement Loggers

TERMS OF PARTICIPATION

8.Eligibility and rules of origin

10^th EDF/11^th EDF: Participation in tendering is open on equal terms to natural and legal persons (participating either individually or in a grouping – consortium - of tenderers) which are established in one of the Member States of the European Union, ACP States or in a country or territory authorised by the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement under which the contract is financed. Participation is also open to international organisations.

9.Grounds for exclusion

Tenderers must submit a signed declaration that they are not involved in the following:
• Conflict of interest;
• Guilty of misrepresentation in supplying the information required by the contracting authority as a condition of participation in the contract procedure or fail to supply this information;
• Find themselves in one of the exclusion situations for this procurement.

10.Number of tenders

Tenderers may submit only one tender per lot or two lots, or three lots or submit for all lots depending on their interest. Tenders for parts of a lot will not be considered. Any tenderer may state in its tender that it would offer a discount in the event that its tender is accepted for more than one lot.

11.Tender guarantee

Bids must be accompanied by bid security in form of Bank Guarantee in the following amounts per lot:
Lot 1: USD 6,000 (Six Thousand United States Dollars)
Lot 2: USD 2,500 (Two Thousand Five Hundred United States Dollars)
Lot 3: USD 2,000 (Two Thousand United States Dollars)
Lot 4: USD 500 (Five Hundred United States Dollars)

12.Performance guarantee

The successful tenderer will be asked to provide a performance guarantee of 5% of the amount of the contract at the signing of the contract.

13.Information meeting and/or site visit

None

14.Tender validity

Tenders must remain valid for a period of 118 days after the deadline for submission of tenders.

15.Period of implementation of tasks

120 days

SELECTION AND AWARD CRITERIA

16.Selection criteria

The following selection criteria will be applied to tenderers. In the case of tenders submitted by a consortium, these selection criteria will be applied to the consortium as a whole:
(a)Preliminary Examination of Bids: Examine the bids to confirm that all documents and technical documentation requested have been provided, and to determine the completeness of each document submitted.
Confirm that the following documents and information have been provided in the Bid: Bid submission form; price Schedules and bid security; Manufacturer’s authorization letters, Brochures from manufacturers, Manufacturer’s Quality Management International Standards Certification (ISO or equivalent).
(b) Post-qualification Requirements
After determining the lowest-evaluated bid, the Purchaser shall carry out the post qualification of the Bidder using only the requirements specified. Requirements not included in the text below shall not be used in the evaluation of the Bidder’s qualifications.
i. Financial Capability
The Bidder shall furnish documentary evidence that it meets the following financial requirement(s):
• Average Annual Turnover for the last three years of at least 1.5 times the bid amount for each lot
• Current ratio (current assets/current liabilities) in the last year for which accounts have been closed must be at least 1. In case of a consortium this criterion must be fulfilled by each member
• Liquid assets and/ or lines of credit from recognized financial institution:

i. At least 0.4 times the bid amount of each lot as cash flow requirement

ii. Overall cash flow requirements for each lot of at least 0.4 times the lot amount

ii. Experience and Technical Capacity
The Bidder shall furnish documentary evidence to demonstrate that it meets the following experience requirement(s):
• Lot 1: Successful completion of at least three (3) similar contracts involving similar goods and of equal or greater than USD 1,000,000 as cumulative total value in the last five (5) years
• Lot 2: Successful completion of at least three (3) similar contracts involving similar goods and of equal or greater than USD 150,000 as cumulative total value in the last five (5) years
• Lot 3: Successful completion of at least three (3) similar contracts involving similar goods and of equal or greater than USD 250,000 as cumulative total value in the last five (5) years
• Lot 4: Successful completion of at least three (3) similar contracts involving similar goods and of equal or greater than USD 100,000 as cumulative total value in the last five (5)
iii. The Bidder shall furnish documentary evidence to demonstrate that the Goods it offers meet the following usage requirement:
• The manufacturer should have received internationally approved certification for Quality Management Standards for the goods offered in the bid.
• In addition the bidder should have an established agent in the region (SADC) or should provide concrete plans to establish an agent on award.

17.Award criteria

Price (or, if appropriate after derogation, the best value for money which is a combination of quality and price)

TENDERING

18.How to obtain the tender dossier

The tender dossier is available from the following Internet address: https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/europeaid/online-services/index.cfm?do=publi.welcome. The tender dossier is also available from the Contracting Authority. Tenders must be submitted using the standard Tender Form for a Supply Contract included in the tender dossier, whose format and instructions must be strictly observed.

Tenderers with questions regarding this tender should send them in writing to:

Lilongwe Water Board, Likuni Road, Madzi House, P O Box 96, Lilongwe, Malawi, Attention: Project Implementation Unit Manager, Sinosi MALIANO, Tel: +265 1 750 366, Fax: +265 1 757 343, E-mail: [email protected]

(mentioning the publication reference shown in item 1) at least 21 days before the deadline for submission of tenders given in item 19. The Contracting Authority must reply to all tenderers' questions at least 11 days before the deadline for submission of tenders. Eventual clarifications or minor changes to the tender dossier shall be published at the latest 11 days before the submission deadline on the EuropeAid website at https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/europeaid/online-services/index.cfm?do=publi.welcome

19.Deadline for submission of tenders

The Bids shall be delivered to the Lilongwe Water Board, Likuni Road, Madzi House, Lilongwe, Malawi on or before 29^th February 2016 at 14:00 hours local time at which time they will be opened in the presence of the bidders who wish to attend. Electronic bidding shall not be permitted.

Any tender received by the Contracting Authority after this deadline will not be considered.

20.Tender opening session

The addresses referred to above are:
a) For inspection and clarification on the documents

Project Implementation Unit Manager, Lilongwe Water Board, Likuni Road, Madzi House, Lilongwe, MALAWI, Telephone: (265) 1 750 366, Facsimile: (265) 1 757 343, E-mail: [email protected]

b) For submission of bids
The IPC Chairman, Lilongwe Water Board, Likuni Road, Madzi House, Lilongwe, MALAWI
c) For opening of bids
The IPC Chairman, Lilongwe Water Board, Likuni Road, Madzi House Boardroom, Lilongwe, MALAWI

21.Legal basis

EDF: Annex IV to the Partnership Agreement between the members of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part, signed in Cotonou on 23 June 2000 as amended in Luxembourg on 25 June 2005 and in Ouagadougou on 22 June 2010. Reference is made to Annex IV as revised by Decision No 1/2014 of the ACP-EU Council of Ministers of 20 June 2014.

22.Additional information

a. A complete set of Bidding Documents in English may be purchased by interested bidders on the submission of a written application to the address below and upon payment of a non-refundable fee of MK15,000 or US$25. The method of payment will be cash or Bank certified cheque at the Lilongwe Water Board cash office. The Bidding Documents will be collected by the interested bidder.
b) Bidding will be conducted through the International Competitive Bidding (ICB) procedures specified in the European Investment Bank’s Guide to Procurement for Projects Financed by EIB (2011); Bidding is open to all bidders from Eligible Source Countries as defined in the Bidding Documents.
c) All bids must be written in English. If some parts of the bid are submitted in any language, the bidder must provide translation in English.

http://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:10781-2016:TEXT:EN:HTML&src=0&tabId=2

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